Day 290 - A fruity afternoon tea

Spring and Summer are my favourite fruity times. The summer fruits are coming into season - delicious mango, strawberry, pineapple, berries - as you can see Ava likes to indulge in a bowl of these fruits too. 

Day 289 - Olivia

Tonight I captured this quick photo of Olivia - she is becoming quite camera shy, so lately I have been getting photos of her beautiful ears and neck, unless she is feeling photogenic. As you can see eating dinner is a finger affair in our house - unless there is gravy, then she uses her fork to scoop it up.

Day 288 - Giddy Up

Today we planned a day at the races with my dad as his present for Father's Day. Morgana, Isabel, Matt, Melanie and Dave came along as well. It was a beautiful day to spend at the races. The girls had a great time - Ava on the jumping castle and following Isabel around, Olivia drawing and also following Isabel around. There was a few moments of horse race watching - in today's photo I distracted Ava from the big race which she was watching with her dad.

It was a wonderful day, with wonderful company - some wonderful gambling results for some as well. Looking forward to planning another very soon.

Day 287 - Big bear cuddles

Today, like most days,when I am looking for Ava, I found her lounging around with nanny's big bears on her bed. She is either cuddling those bears or carrying around her bears like babies and playing imaginary games with them. I just love this picture that my mum took of Ava today giving the bears an extra big cuddle.

Day 286 - Meeting Joseph.

Today we went over and met beautiful baby Joseph who is just 5 days old. Such a beautiful treasure. He is the newest addition to the lovely Agius family. Mel, Simon and Patrick were very gracious enough to allow us to come visit so early on. Ava has been asking me every day when we could see Mel's baby, for this reason alone, I was excited to visit.

Funnily enough when we got there, she wasn't smothering baby Joseph, instead made herself at home with all of Patrick's toys.... luckily the Agius family home is like her second home! Before we went home, she had a cuddle with Joseph, Olivia wasn't so so fussed, but she'll be back around soon for a cuddle.

Congratulations Agius family - you all look amazing! Who knew you had a baby just a few days ago? We look forward to watching your newest addition grow up to be a fine young man.

Day 285 - Wet and Spotty

It was a very wet and miserable day today. I was quite happy to stay inside - without a duty today at school, made for a very productive day. My beautiful bright spotty umbrella brightened the day a little when I did have to go outside. This is all I managed to get a photo of today - luckily it fitted with the theme of 'close up'.

Day 284 - Emotions

Emotions are so varied in the afternoon at our house. They range from extremely happy through to devastatingly tired and sad. This afternoon when I picked the girls up from school this afternoon, they were indeed very happy, as usually today is a Daddy pick up day, it was a nice surprise that I got there first. While enjoying an afternoon snack of strawberries, I tried to capture as many different emotions of the girls. I think Ava's surprised face is my favourite.

Day 283 - Red

Today's photo topic was red. A current red favourite in our house are Strawberries. Not only are they cheap, they are deliciously sweet. Each afternoon this week, the girls and I have had a feast of strawberries for afternoon tea. I know what we'll be having for afternoon tea every day this week! Delish.

Day 282: Swimming! YAY!

Swimming lessons are a favourite in our house. They create such excitement each and every Monday, with screams of we are going swimming with 'Margie'. She is famous in our house. Can even use her as a bit of bribery when they aren't being the perfect angels they normally are.

Swimming lessons are apparently even more exciting when you get to wear your brand new swimmers. Ava was very excited this afternoon to hit the water.

Day 281 - Floriade

Today we went for a family outing to Floriade. It is something we do each and every year. The flowers this year are beautiful. The girls like walking around and picking out their favourite coloured flowers. We did have a couple of touching incidents - lucky the flowers were dying and the petals were already falling off! However I didn't feel so bad when I noticed another little girl walking around with a perfectly formed tulip.

I am going to have to ask my aunty if she is going to dig up some bulbs this year - there were a few flowers I had my eye on.

I captured this picture of Ava with her dad after we stopped for a little lunch break. Couldn't resist that cute smile and the comforting hand on her shoulder.

Day 280 - My little shadow

Today we went to Meagan's house to celebrate Dave, Josh and Bianca's birthday. When we came home, I got into come comfy tracksuit pants, funnily enough, my little copycat did the same. Olivia has been my shadow for the last couple of days. She has been doing everything I do and I can't seem to do anything without her! Funny how things like this come in waves, Next week, no doubt she will be Shane's shadow.

Day 279 - Enjoying the Weather

Sometimes it is really hard to choose just one photo for the day. Today we had a very full day. We went to the movies to watch 'Tinkerbell - The Secret of the Wings', had lunch with Shane in the city- including a ride on the merry-go-round, played outside and went for a walk to the shops. The three of us had a wonderful day together.

Today's photo is a collage of all the fun we had while we played outside in the beautiful Spring weather.

Day 278 - Outside time

This afternoon we came home and had a play outside. I just love the imaginative play - especially when their play is reflecting their learning. Today, Ava was washing her hands before she cooked dinner in her little kitchen. While she was washing her hands she was busily having a conversation with her friend the shadow. It was all very cute to watch.

Day 277 - Christmas Already!

While out shopping today I went for a wander into David Jones and discovered their Christmas area entirely set up with everything you'd need for Christmas. I know really it shouldn't surprise me considering there are always Christmas items out and about early, but I only really expect a few things here and there, not their entire Christmas display. However, they are always beautifully set up, and sometimes wish I could have one of their trees set up in my house. One day... maybe.

Day 276 - Strawberries and Shower caps

Shower caps and Strawberries was how we spent our Tuesday afternoon. The showercaps were to contain some of the dreaded 'naughty itchies' as the girls call them and strawberries were to fill them up after a big day of daycare. It seems on daycare they always come home and nearly eat me out of house and home!

Day 275 - Detour on our way home

Today on our way home, we stopped for a picnic in beautiful Mittagong. This was an idea shared by many with the crowds at the park. We enjoyed some chicken and chips next to a picturesque lake and mountain. The girls played for a little while in the very crowded playground before we decided it was time to head back home after a lovely weekend spent with the Pearsons.